Capacity of riparian buffer zones to reduce sediment concentrations in discharge from peatlands drained for forestry

Silva Fennica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-339

  Nieminen, Mika ^a   Ahti, Erkki ^a   Nousiainen, Hannu ^a   Joensuu, Samuli ^b   Vuollekoski, Martti ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Forestry Development Centre Tapio   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ditching; Erosion; Peatlands; Riparian buffer zones; Suspended solids; Water quality protection

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DRAINAGE; EROSION; PEAT; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

DITCHING; PEATLANDS; RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES; WATER QUALITY PROTECTION;

FORESTRY;

BUFFER ZONE; PEATLAND; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

CORRELATION; DISPERSIONS; DRAINAGE; EROSION; FORESTS; PEAT; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

EID: 21744445350     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.371     Document Type: Article

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